Historical Examples. 1  Behind Monet and Debussy the umbrella persisted, with the steady beat of a drum. 2  Debussy's extraordinary music136 may be explained in the same way. 3  Strauss and Debussy are also very different in their methods of composition. 4  Strauss and Debussy are the legitimate fruits of thy evil tree of music!
Banned Books Week was founded in 1982 by prominent First Amendment and library activist Judith Krug. Krug said that the Association of American Publishers contacted her with ideas to bring banned books to the attention of the American public after a slew of books had been banned that year.
Banned Books Throughout History. From the beginning of the written word, books have had the capacity to enlighten, to instruct, to entertain and to offend, sometimes all within the same text. Books are frequently banned, generally on a local level affecting only local or school libraries. Occasionally, a government will step in to ban a book.